types of baleen whales
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Types of Baleen Whales • Pygmy Right Whale-Caperea marginata. The pygmy right whale (Caperea marginata) is the smallest, and probably the least known baleen whale species. It has a curved mouth like other right whales, and are thought to feed on copepods and krill. These whales are about 20 feet long and weigh about 5 tons.
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How Baleen Whales Work Types of Baleen Whales and Anatomy. Early baleen whales started appearing about 30 million years ago [source: Carwardine et al. ]. Now, there are 11 types of baleen whales divided into four different families: 1  Family Eschrichtiidae, which is just the gray whale. 2  Family Balaenopoteridae, which includes the humpback, blue, fin, sei, Bryde's and minke whales. 3  These whales are also known as rorqual whales.
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WWFAbout Us How to HelpSearchSearch wDonate AdoptOur Work Species Places Some whales are known as baleen whales including blue, right, bowhead, sei and gray whales. This refers to the fact that they have special bristle-like structures in their mouths (called baleen) that strains food from the water.Other whales, such as beluga or sperm whales, have teeth. 1  Share on Facebook.ome whales are known as baleen whales including blue, right, bowhead, sei and gray whales. This refers to the fact that they have special bristle-like structures in their mouths (called baleen) that strains food from the water.
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Blue Whale During certain times of the year, a single adult blue whale consumes about 4 tons of krill a day. Blue whales are baleen whales, which means they have fringed plates of fingernail-like material, called baleen, attached to their upper jaws. The giant animals feed by first gulping an enormous mouthful of water, expanding the pleated skin on their throat and belly to take it in.
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Whale Facts and Information Whales are closely related to dolphins and porpoises. There are two types of whales that are identified by scientists, baleen whales and toothed whales, having each of these categories many sub species. Whale Breaching. Image courtesy of NOAA.
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No One Really Knew All the Different Types of Whales, Until Now There are different types of whales -- some are extinct while others are endangered. Types of Whales. Whales are classified under the order Cetacea, and there are about 84 species of whales, dolphins, and porpoises in this order.
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19 Types of Whales Its sleek appearance caused sailors to call it the greyhound of the sea.. Fin whales are a streamlined baleen whale and the only animal known to be asymmetrically-colored, as they have a white patch on their lower jaw on their right side, and this is absent on the whale's left side.More ». Sei (pronounced say) whales are one of the fastest whales species.ts sleek appearance caused sailors to call it the greyhound of the sea.. Fin whales are a streamlined baleen whale and the only animal known to be asymmetrically-colored, as they have a white patch on their lower jaw on their right side, and this is absent on the whale's left side.
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Is a whale a carnivore or a herbivore? One is the toothed whales, which are carnivorous. The other group is the baleen whales, which use baleen to strain plankton from the ocean waters. Plankton is the term applied to an extremely broad group of tiny living things that inhabit a particular zone or depth range in the waters.
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- There were many different types of whales that were hunted. The most common whales that were hunted were: sperm whales, humpback whales, right whales, and bowhead whales.Some, like the blue whales, were hunted by European hunters, but not by Yankee whalers because after they were killed they began to sink in the water.he most common whales that were hunted were: sperm whales, humpback whales, right whales, and bowhead whales. Some, like the blue whales, were hunted by European hunters, but not by Yankee whalers because after they were killed they began to sink in the water.
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Blue Whale Blue whales are rorqual whales, a family of baleen whales with pleated throat grooves that expand when the animal takes in water while feeding. In blue whales, 55-68 throat grooves extend from the throat to the navel. Blue whale baleen is black with over 800 plates.
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Killer whale  (Orcinus orca) In Antarctic waters, there are different types of killer whales. They have each been observed feeding off of various species: 1  type 'A' killer whales feed on minke whales.  type 'B' killer whales feed on seals within the seasonal ice pack.
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Baleen Whales Humpback whales, Bryde's whales, and minke whales prey mostly on krill and small schooling fishes. Minke whales in the northern hemisphere prey mostly on small schooling fishes; those in the southern hemisphere prey mostly on krill. Sei whales eat copepods, krill and amphipods (another type of small crustacean).
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- Baird’s beaked whales are the largest of the currently known 21 species of beaked whales. Their habitat is the deep ocean which makes them challenging whales to study in the wild. Most information about them has been obtained from dissections of animals killed in coastal hunting off Japan and studies of stranded whales.
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Which whales are toothed whales? sperm whales. white beluga whales. black beluga whales (pilot whales) orca whales. Toothed whales are a very large suborder of cetaceans, including sperm whale, beaked whale, orca, and dolphins. Most toothed whales are smaller than the baleen whales. The teeth can be very deferent between species.
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- Baleen whales (whales without teeth) are members of the Mysticeti suborder. 1  Toothed whales, like the sperm whale, along with all the dolphins and porpoises, make up the suborder Odontoceti. 2  Altogether, the two suborders contain over eighty known species, further separated into thirteen different families.
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- Whales are classified under the order Cetacea, and there are about 84 species of whales, dolphins, and porpoises in this order. Cetacea is further divided into two suborders: Odontocetes (toothed whale) and Mysticetes (baleen whales).
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Baleen Baleen is a filter-feeder system inside the mouths of baleen whales. The baleen system works when a whale opens its mouth underwater and the whale takes in water. The whale then pushes the water out, and animals such as krill are filtered by the baleen and remain as food source for the whale.Baleen is similar to bristles and is made of keratin, the same substance found in human fingernails and hair. Some whales, such as the bowhead whale, have longer baleen than others.Other whales, such as the gray whale, only use one side of their baleen.he whale then pushes the water out, and animals such as krill are filtered by the baleen and remain as food source for the whale. Baleen is similar to bristles and is made of keratin, the same substance found in human fingernails and hair.
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Cetacea There are two categories of whales, the mysticeti or baleen whales, and the odontoceti or toothed whales. Killer whales are odontoceti, so having teeth runs in the family.
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Baleen Baleen is a filter-feeder system inside the mouths of baleen whales. The baleen system works when a whale opens its mouth underwater and the whale takes in water. The whale then pushes the water out, and animals such as krill are filtered by the baleen and remain as food source for the whale. Baleen is similar to bristles and is made of keratin, the same substance found in human fingernails and hair. Some whales, such as the bowhead whale, have longer baleen than others. Other whales, such as the gray whale, only use one side of their baleen. These baleen bristles are arranged in plates across the upper jaw of the whale.
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Types of Sharks Despite their huge size, whale sharks feed on some of the tiniest creatures in the ocean, including crustaceans and plankton. More ». Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus), showing head, gills and dorsal fin.
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Beluga Whales Beluga whales are opportunistic feeders. They prey on about 100 different kinds of primarily bottom-dwelling animals. They eat octopus; squid; crabs; snails; sandworms; and fishes such as capelin, cod, herring, smelt, and flounder.
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Beluga whale Beluga whale. The beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) is a small, toothed whale that is white as an adult. They are found in coastal areas of the Arctic Ocean, and travel south when the sea ice forms. The beluga's body is stout and has a small, blunt head with a small beak, tiny eyes and thick layers of blubber.
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- Large type B whales eat mainly seals, especially Weddell seals, and also hunt minke whales. Small type B killer whales have been observed hunting penguins and are believed to mainly eat fishes. Type C killer whales mostly eat Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni).
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- One type of toothed whale is the Narwhal Whale. It fits in about the mid range when it comes to sizes of whales. One of their distinct characteristics for the males is a tusk that is very long and straight along the jaw.
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- Antarctic type A killer whales have been observed hunting southern elephant seals. Each killer whale ecotype has a fairly specific diet. The five forms of Antarctic killer whales differ in their diet: Type A whales eat mostly Antarctic minke whales and have also been observed hunting southern elephant seals. Minke whales are hunted by the North Atlantic type 2 killer whales in the northern hemisphere and by the Antarctic type A and large type B ecotypes in the southern hemisphere.
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- Description. One type of toothed whale is the Narwhal Whale. It fits in about the mid range when it comes to sizes of whales. One of their distinct characteristics for the males is a tusk that is very long and straight along the jaw.
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- Different Types of Dolphins. The Delphinidae are both the largest family of dolphins and the largest family within the order Cetacea. They are commonly referred to as the ocean dolphins even though some still retain the name whale. These types of dolphins do vary hugely in appearance and size and shape. However, many morphological characteristics are common to nearly all the delphinid species. As with other toothed whales, Odontoceti, they have a single blowhole situated at the top of the head just left of center and a dorsal fin midway between the head and flukes.